My Soul To Take Page #8

a glass of water

and now your mom, Paterson,

and Jerome are dead?

Where were you?

I ran into Penelope.

Penelope is dead, Bug.

I saw her in the

bathroom mirror.

She brought me Ripper's knife,

and she made me take it.

Then I heard

something downstairs

and I went to come check

on you, and you were gone.

Paterson wasn't after you.

He was after me.

He thought that I killed Brittany and my Mom.

It was the Ripper.

And where is the Ripper now?

I guess he got away

out my window.

Or went out Leah's.

Hers is open, too.

And he tried to stab me

to death with his...

Stab you with what?

With his knife.

I thought you had his knife.

I did, but...

Did you kill them, Bug?

What?

No, I...

I didn't kill anybody.

Not that you remember.

Bug, I got to tell

you something.

And don't get upset.

What?

My mom told me this.

Your father

was first diagnosed with

schizophrenia when he was 16.

Just like you are now.

What are you saying?

It's hereditary. Plus, you

were in your dead Mom forever.

Oxygen deprivation.

It can make you crazy, too.

Maybe all this stuff

you've been describing

didn't happen exactly

the way you're saying it did.

You think I'm crazy?

No, I don't know

what I think.

But I'm not walking away. I've

stuck by you through everything.

Through nightmares and

migraines, hell, puking vultures

when everybody else was

calling you a ticking time bomb.

So, if you're not innocent

anymore, that's okay.

I mean, I killed my stepfather

tonight. I'm no angel, either.

I'm not innocent

anymore, Alex.

Not with all of them

inside me now.

What?

With who inside you?

The rest of the

Riverton Seven.

Even Jerome.

All their souls

are with me now.

Bug, maybe you should sit down

and take a few deep breaths.

You think I'm crazy?

I'm actually a lot smarter

than I was yesterday.

Let me ask you a question.

Why is there blood

on your left ear?

What?

The top.

Hey!

Almost like you were hit

with a vase or something.

Brandon told me

to look for that.

Bug, you are

officially bat-sh*t nuts.

I scraped it

climbing up the roof.

Come on,

let's get real, here.

Jay says that Ripper's

getup was a costume for sure.

Oh, and Brittany

has run a timeline.

You would've had

enough time to kill Mom

and put the knife

in the bathroom sink

while I was hiding under the bed

and Leah was outside in the car.

And if Jerome came

through the window

when I was in the bathroom

getting you water,

you would've had time to stab him,

and go downstairs and kill Paterson.

You might have

tried to kill me, too.

- F***.

- But if you'd heard Jerome upstairs,

you would've had to get up

there before he called the cops.

I could've killed you

off earlier, remember?

Bug, you've watched one too

many Law and Order reruns.

Besides,

I'm a little guy.

You could beat me up

in, like, 10 seconds.

Unless you had

the bad soul in you.

And then you would fight

like you were possessed.

Can't f***ing believe you.

You're Adam Plenkov!

The son of a mass murderer!

Everybody in your house,

and all your friends, except

me, have been murdered.

If there's a bad soul

here, you have it.

And you got it

from your father.

Maybe you have

been in institutions.

Maybe you have killed people,

just in your last life.

But you're too stupid

and blind to see that.

Maybe they'll find

your Ripper costume

buried along with

your stupid condor outfit.

And they will come

for you with torches.

What?

I didn't bury any Ripper

costume with my condor.

Somebody did.

You son of a...

Evil doesn't forget

betrayal, Plenkov.

You and the other

sick Dr. Blake got me

and then ran away

like cowards.

Jumped into the first babies

you could hide in.

So I saved you for last.

And I'll kill you now,

or you can say

yes to a deal.

What deal?

Same one I offered your

father, 16 years ago today.

Say yes, and you live. Say

no, and I'll cut your throat.

Say yes to what?

To my happy ending

of Riverton's fairytale.

There was no Ripper.

Just one of the

Riverton Seven

that was a little crazy,

dressed up like the Ripper,

killed your mom, and Paterson,

and four of his birth-mates

before we finally

stopped him.

One of the Riverton Seven?

The one of the seven

with the bad soul.

- The Ripper's soul.

- Jerome?

Great twist, huh? Everybody

will think you were the killer

but it turns out the attack came

from a totally unexpected direction.

You'd lay all this

on Jerome?

He won't mind.

He's dead.

You and me will be

Main-Street heroes

helping each other

forge a new beginning.

Recovering from

our tragic losses.

Friends to the end.

What do you say?

Deal?

You're pathetic.

I don't even think

you're Alex.

I don't know who you are.

I'm the one that's going to

kill you if you don't say yes.

And then I'll say

you did it.

And I'll be the hero

all by myself.

Leah saw the whole fight.

She'll vouch for me.

Leah doesn't live

through the night.

That's part of

the deal, too.

Whoever or

whatever you are,

get out of Alex. And go back

to hell, where you came from.

I mean it.

Okay.

But I'll take you with me.

I thought that guy

would never leave.

Alex.

Where is the biggest

knife in the kitchen?

Where it needs to be.

Condor?

Crow.

It's all right, Bug.

Feels great.

Feels f***ing great.

F***ing great.

Fly now.

I know you're up there.

And I know we're down here.

Police!

Police!

Open the door!

Open up!

Open the door!

Open the door now!

I am the condor.

The Keeper of the Souls.

I eat death for breakfast.

I live in a house of blood

and I accept that.

Break it down!

That's all a man can do.

I was ready to be

arrested that night.

I wasn't ready for

what happened instead.

Leah had told

them everything,

and I was celebrated

as a hero.

Don't worry about it, man.

They're on your side.

Alex Dunkelman

killed his stepfather,

a cop, a mother and five

of the Riverton Seven.

Your sister's

right over there.

And I alone had stopped him from killing more.

I didn't feel like

a hero at all.

But if it makes Riverton

feel safe at night,

I'll fake that I'm their hero.

And I'll fake it good.

Alex wouldn't have it

any other way.

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